Hi Series 111 with a 10J engine - any tips on how to remove the crankshaft pully nut (with starter motor extension)? I can get a meaty adjustable on it with an extension handle but rather than undo, the engine turns under extreme pressure despite being in gear, in low, & handbrake on - taking...

Hi All My son has a 1979 Series 111 with a replacement 2.25 diesel (we think!) which runes sweet enough but the other day after a run of a few miles it lost power and stopped. He managed to get it going again but since then it's got worse. We could get it going again by pumping the lift pump but...

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Hi - my son has a 1979 109. The original Series 111 petrol engine was replaced by a 2.5 diesel engine, a 15J (Sherpa engine we think) but that too has now been replaced by another engine, 2.25 litre we think. We are having difficulty identifying the engine type as the servo pump is bolted onto...

Hi Thanks for this useful information which seems to accord with some of the information I'm picking up on the internet. Loved Mozambique and came in from Malawi and had 3 weeks there before going into Swaziland (also did Zimbabwe besides many other countries) - we were in Maputo so should have...

Still getting my head around this forum thing - just spoken to someone (mechanic) who reckons it is more likely to be a cracked head which sounds like big bucks - he also reckons a common fault on TD5s?????????

Hi - this is my first dabble on the forum so here goes: I have a 2003 TD5 Defender 110 and have just spent the last year clocking up 32,000 miles driving around southern Africa. Besides other hiccups along the way I had a persistent but intermittent electrical fault that caused the temp gauge to...